Coniston Old Man • Looking out over the South Lakes The Old Man of Coniston is surrounded by history. • Coniston copper mines are reputed to be some of the largest copper mines in Britain, with a vertical distance of around 2,000 ft. On the Coniston Old Man itself, slate replaced copper, and over several hundred years, the Old Man Slate Quarries & Mines became some of the largest in England. • By the 1500s the quarries, working a kind of volcanic slate silver-grey in colour, were well established. The earliest major working shortly after this period was probably at Low Water Quarry, where slate was prized in an opencast manner from cuttings near the summit. • The most popular route across the Coniston Fells is the brilliant ridge walk between The Old Man Of Coniston and Swirl How crossing the Prison Band on to Wetherlam. • Photo taken October 2017. #GetOutside#osmaps#adventure#neverstopexploring#lakedistrict#lakesography#cumbria#thisismyadventure#goniceplacesdogoodthings#mountains#landscape#nature

The Geminids meteor shower over Black Fell in the Lake District... Friday evening sees the premiere of my first venture into cinematography - A Beautiful Place - and I'd love your support. Click the link in the bio, follow my page and tune in at 18.55pm Friday.

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The Christmas Spirit Part Five As The Lads got closer it turned out to be a very smart looking Range Rover vogue se L322 with some bikes on the roof. “Oh Excuse me do you know where the nearest garage is please?” Called the Range Rover.

Bluey “Errr sorry you won’t find one around here! Why what’s the problem?...” Bluey oways the first to ask what’s the problem 😂 must be in his nature to do so. “I was just driving along at steady speed then nothing my engine shut off not even a warning ⚠️ but these lanes so dam narrow I couldn’t roll myself into a safe spot and also why doesn’t the Lake District have any phone signal!?....” said the Range Rover Freddy “Guessing your up here on holiday then if you are complaining about phone signal haha” “Yes! I’ve come up here for Christmas because I’ve oways wanted to come to the lakes”